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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Git	22	Down -5 places-5	£718	+51.05%	4 2.53%	1
Software Engineer	12	Up 6 places+6	£640	-	14 8.86%	5
Software Testing	24	Down -4 places-4	£650	+85.71%	2 1.27%	7
Software Engineering	12	Up 6 places+6	£640	-	14 8.86%	11
GUI Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£718	-	1 0.63%
Software Delivery	22	New entry-	£529	-	4 2.53%	2
C# Software Engineer	25	Down -7 places-7	£718	-	1 0.63%
Software Architecture	25	New entry-	£435	-	1 0.63%	2
Code Quality (Software Quality)	25	Down -6 places-6	£488	-	1 0.63%
C++ Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£718	-	1 0.63%
Lead Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.63%
Agile Software Development	4	Up 1 place+1	£456	-6.41%	31 19.62%	9
Software as a Service (SaaS)	25	Down -5 places-5	£550	+69.23%	1 0.63%	5
Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)	25	Down -11 places-11	£720	+45.45%	1 0.63%	2
Senior Software Engineer	23	New entry-	£718	-	3 1.90%
Embedded Software Engineer	23	New entry-	£719	-	3 1.90%	3
Principal Software Engineer	22	New entry-	-	-	4 2.53%	1
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)	23	Down -4 places-4	£675	+92.85%	3 1.90%
Full-Stack Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£488	-	1 0.63%
Senior Embedded Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£718	-	1 0.63%
Check Point Software Technologies	24	New entry-	£700	-	2 1.27%
Senior C++ Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£718	-	1 0.63%
Siemens PLM Software Teamcenter	20	New entry-	-	-	6 3.80%	1
SC Cleared Software Engineer	19	New entry-	£658	-	7 4.43%
Senior C# Software Engineer	25	New entry-	£718	-	1 0.63%
Tufin Software Technologies Ltd	24	New entry-	£700	-	2 1.27%